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. >> here's an idea that governor romney and i actually agreed on last year. let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so that it final becomes a wage you can live on. >> the republican presidential candidate may have backed the idea but that didn't stop the rest of the party from jumping all over the president. everyone from john boehner to marco rubio called raising the minimum wage a job-killing measure. it's 2013, come up with a new routine for punishing the middle class, please. >> finally gun control the president told congress in no uncertain terms that he expected them to take action. >> each of these proposals deserves a vote in congress. if you want to vote no, that's your choice, but these proposals deserve a vote. because in the two months since newtown, more than 1,000 birthdays, graduations anniversaries have been stolen from our lives by a bullet from a gun. >> now, he didn't say which way they should vote, and just taking a vote is no guarantee gun safety measures will pass. progressives are concerned about whether the president's words
. >> here's an idea that governor romney and i actually agreed on last year. let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so that it final becomes a wage you can live on. >> the republican presidential candidate may have backed the idea but that didn't stop the rest of the party from jumping all over the president. everyone from john boehner to marco rubio called raising the minimum wage a job-killing measure. it's 2013, come up with a new routine for punishing the middle class,...
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poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to nine dollars an hour so here's an idea that governor romney and i actually agreed on last year. let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on. so derrick what's wrong with this you know if the minimum wage had been tied to the to the it had been indexed to inflation in one nine hundred sixty or sixty one it would be ten dollars twenty five cents right now and and you wouldn't have as many people living in poverty instead of having the government be in pain people with medicare and unemployment and food stamps people would be paying the government with taxes. who wouldn't that be nice if that were true you have a new you've got a supposition is highly problematic they did that there'd be less people in poverty is really quite erroneous it was the case that ninety six well just because of higher minimum wage doesn't mean that we have less people in poverty in fact quite the opposite we know that when you have the room wage at our current level we're losing jobs overseas particularly to mexico
poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to nine dollars an hour so here's an idea that governor romney and i actually agreed on last year. let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on. so derrick what's wrong with this you know if the minimum wage had been tied to the to the it had been indexed to inflation in one nine hundred sixty or sixty one it would be ten dollars twenty five cents right now and and you wouldn't have as many people...
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here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a dog. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares enough to. use. you know what that is my self that wants to feature a liberal and the current. consumers of the system as. you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because they're a profit driven industry that sells a sensationalistic garbage he calls it breaking news i'm happy martin and we're going to break this that it's. the best of the rest of the news last night's state of the union seemed to be a run of the mill speech and par for the course when it comes to the state of the union but then everything changed when president obama began to address the epidemic of gun violence in this country speech went from ordinary to incredibly emotional just like that take a look ideas parents made clear are in this chamber tonight along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. thank you for your prayers. thank you reserve a thank you really is over. thank
here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a dog. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares enough to. use. you know what that is my self that wants to feature a liberal and the current. consumers of the system as. you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because they're a profit driven industry that sells a sensationalistic garbage he calls it breaking news i'm happy martin and we're going to break this that it's. the...
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bill weld, also not running this time, and scott brown, not running, tag romney, one of the romney sons. the boston herald floated that idea after the father lost, tag will not be running, and neither will be a gay republican former state legislator who lost to state race this year, and neither will be mitt romney's lieutenant governor who lost the role for governor herself, after mitt romney left to run after a decade. also, fox news, he said he was going to run, now he is not, even though that might have been amazing. psychic twins, dr. keith will not be the next republican senator from massachusetts. he had said that he would run if the state party promised he could just have the nomination without having to win it. but when nobody agreed, that he should just get the nomination without having to compete for it he backed out. pity, so who is running then? who is willing to be it had every famous republican in the whole state is running as fast as they can from this race, yelling not it, not it. and a whole lot of republicans we never heard of, they're all saying not it, as we.
bill weld, also not running this time, and scott brown, not running, tag romney, one of the romney sons. the boston herald floated that idea after the father lost, tag will not be running, and neither will be a gay republican former state legislator who lost to state race this year, and neither will be mitt romney's lieutenant governor who lost the role for governor herself, after mitt romney left to run after a decade. also, fox news, he said he was going to run, now he is not, even though...
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so, here's an idea that governor romney and i actually agreed on last year. let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on. tonight, let's also recognize that there are communities in this country where, no matter how hard you work, it is virtually impossible to get ahead. factory towns decimated from years of plants packing up. inescapable pockets of poverty. urban and rural. where young adults are still fighting for their first job. america's not a place where the chance of birth or circumstance should decide our destiny. and that's why we need to build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class, for all who are willing to climb them. let's offer incentives to companies that hire americans who have got what it takes to fill that job opening, but have been out of work so long that no one will give them a chance anymore. let's put people back to work rebuilding vacant homes in rundown neighborhoods. this year, my administration will begin to partner with 20 of the hardest-hit towns in america to get th
so, here's an idea that governor romney and i actually agreed on last year. let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on. tonight, let's also recognize that there are communities in this country where, no matter how hard you work, it is virtually impossible to get ahead. factory towns decimated from years of plants packing up. inescapable pockets of poverty. urban and rural. where young adults are still fighting for their first job....
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everybody from scott brown himself to mitt romney's son to mitt romney's wife to a former republican governor named bill weld. none of the republicans who have state-wide name recognition are running. and the ones who are running, well, so far if you look at the polling, it's never heard of him versus never heard of him versus never heard of him. actually, the last never heard of them hymn, he is not running either. the polling in this race tells you very little about who is going to win on the republican side. nobody has ever heard of anybody and there is new people jumping in all the time and nobody has heard of them ever. at this point it may not really matter who the republicans pick. but in part because of that, what has become the headline in this race so far is not necessarily the polling on the people, but the polling that is being done on this race on the issues. look at this. in massachusetts, look at this. they're polling on the favorability of who the guys are that are running, right? they're polling on the place holder guy who is holding the seat. they're polling interes
everybody from scott brown himself to mitt romney's son to mitt romney's wife to a former republican governor named bill weld. none of the republicans who have state-wide name recognition are running. and the ones who are running, well, so far if you look at the polling, it's never heard of him versus never heard of him versus never heard of him. actually, the last never heard of them hymn, he is not running either. the polling in this race tells you very little about who is going to win on the...
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>>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> i find you pomp pus, judgmental and completely self absorbed, will you be my friend? >> stephanie: yes. pamela in virginia welcome. >> caller: hey steph hey, mooks. it is the official liberty university hostage strike ended. >> stephanie: yikes. >> caller: i have two things to tell you, one you got my 10-year-old daughter and myself in trouble, because she called her six-year-old twin brother and sister right-wing douche nozzle. >> stephanie: oh dear. >> caller: so my husband has banned me from listening to you while she is around. >> stephanie: have i been banned now? >> caller: well, we're going to sneak you in. we're not right-wingers, i don't listen to my husband. also i want to tell you that it is official slavery is now illegal in mississippi. ♪ hallelujah ♪ >> stephanie: thanks for coming mississippi. we appreciate that. >> caller: reading,
>>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> i find you pomp pus, judgmental and completely self absorbed, will you be my friend? >> stephanie: yes. pamela in virginia welcome. >> caller: hey steph hey, mooks. it is the official liberty university hostage strike ended. >> stephanie: yikes....
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mitt romney talked about middle class, and focus groups. well, everyone knows that is where the votes are. remember you're following a president who just won re-election because he appealed to the middle class much better than the republicans did. how do you square pro growth with cuts deficits now? that is the problem that republicans couldn't get their arms around in the last election, let's see if rubio can do it now. >> and let's see if he can come up with something new. >> big government, i think we've heard it. >>> coming up, the latest on the roadblocks against the violence against women act. karen finney will join us. keep tweeting your answers, coming up. why turbo? trust us. it's just better to be in front. the sonata turbo. from hyundai. did you know not all fiber is the same? citrucel is different- it's the only fiber for regularity that won't cause excess gas. it's gentle and clinically proven to help restore and maintain regularity. look for citrucel today. it's gentle and clinically pryou know it can be hard to lbreathe, and
mitt romney talked about middle class, and focus groups. well, everyone knows that is where the votes are. remember you're following a president who just won re-election because he appealed to the middle class much better than the republicans did. how do you square pro growth with cuts deficits now? that is the problem that republicans couldn't get their arms around in the last election, let's see if rubio can do it now. >> and let's see if he can come up with something new. >> big...
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most of his message is not that much different from romney's failed assault on big government, but he's not an older white man so maybe this time it will work. but the gop doesn't understand that voters see through the window dressing. they see through the new face pushing old policies. they see through the tupac loving senator whose anti-gay marriage and pro-life and anti-science and pro gun rights and who voted against the violence again women rights. if pac were alive, he would be battling rubio and the rnc.
most of his message is not that much different from romney's failed assault on big government, but he's not an older white man so maybe this time it will work. but the gop doesn't understand that voters see through the window dressing. they see through the new face pushing old policies. they see through the tupac loving senator whose anti-gay marriage and pro-life and anti-science and pro gun rights and who voted against the violence again women rights. if pac were alive, he would be battling...
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mitt romney talked about middle class, and focus groups. well, everyone knows that is where the votes are. remember you're following a president who just won re-election because he appealed to the middle class much better than the republicans did. how do you square pro growth with cuts deficits now? that is the problem that republicans couldn't get their arms around in the last election, let's see if rubio can do it now. >> and let's see if he can come up with something new. >> big government, i think we've heard it. >>> coming up, the latest on the roadblocks against the violence against women act. karen finney will join us. keep tweeting your answers, coming up. male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ execu
mitt romney talked about middle class, and focus groups. well, everyone knows that is where the votes are. remember you're following a president who just won re-election because he appealed to the middle class much better than the republicans did. how do you square pro growth with cuts deficits now? that is the problem that republicans couldn't get their arms around in the last election, let's see if rubio can do it now. >> and let's see if he can come up with something new. >> big...
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single day and his wife and wakes up and says that going to start a $20 million superpac to support mitt romney. i'm not so sure you can say it's a revolving door. we usually mean between people working in government and the people working in the private sector and cashing in other contexts, not people cashing in -- of people working in the privacy -- in the private sector and moving to a different job in the private sector at cashing in on their contacts. most of these people have not banned government employees in the traditional way we think about the revolving door, like karl rove, not like he was a commissioner on the sec. i think there is a big mistake often about what it means to say something is coordinated and why coordination is prohibited. at the most core level, coordinated activity counts as an expenditure in a contribution to the candidate because when to put limits on the candidate, you do not want to say, here is a copy of my campaign literature, it would be helpful if you could distribute a million copies of this in these places. that is the same as a contribution. it also serv
single day and his wife and wakes up and says that going to start a $20 million superpac to support mitt romney. i'm not so sure you can say it's a revolving door. we usually mean between people working in government and the people working in the private sector and cashing in other contexts, not people cashing in -- of people working in the privacy -- in the private sector and moving to a different job in the private sector at cashing in on their contacts. most of these people have not banned...
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is the number one thing, chris, he did get reelected, essentially, you know, on, well, i mean, mitt romney hammered him on the economy, and president obama still got reelected. >> well, he did. i don't know that he did a great job point out the challenges to the economy. we saw the economy start to rebound. but half of americans still believe we are in recession. so this could kind of be the nixon goes to china time for obama. if he were to reach out to republicans, he's got the credibility in his own party. that's where a large majority of his popularity comes from, from his base. it's where it should come from. does he reach out to republicans, does he try to solve the issue with the debt, does he try to create changes in the way we are spending today that can stimulate the economy and create jobs? we'll find out what his approach is. if it's more of these poll-tested platitudes like he did in the inauguration where he talked about gay rights, global warming, immigration, those things matter to a lot of people, but not everyone. people are worried about does he try to cut spending and th
is the number one thing, chris, he did get reelected, essentially, you know, on, well, i mean, mitt romney hammered him on the economy, and president obama still got reelected. >> well, he did. i don't know that he did a great job point out the challenges to the economy. we saw the economy start to rebound. but half of americans still believe we are in recession. so this could kind of be the nixon goes to china time for obama. if he were to reach out to republicans, he's got the...
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the phrase being thrown around in the campaign by mitt romney and president obama. what does it mean? the president used it a number of times during the state of the union. listen. >> a thriving middle-class. we want to grow the middle-class by shifting the cost of, a growing economy that creates middle-class parents can't afford to. >> to grow our middle-class, new opportunities for the middle-class for who are willing to climb them. this kind of prosperity, broad, shared, built on a thriving middle-class. >> anna: the only phrase i heard more, just to be clear. just to be clear it's hard to tell who is the middle-class is these days and not just the president of the united states trying to court them. we heard in the republican rebuttal fuig on the water bottle grab by senator marco rubio, you didn't realize that he was doing the same thing. wall street journal is saying he said working class or middle-class 17 times. >> it's silly. he just said there is a massive difference, if you privilege in maryland you make about $67,000. in mississippi it's $39,000. imagine
the phrase being thrown around in the campaign by mitt romney and president obama. what does it mean? the president used it a number of times during the state of the union. listen. >> a thriving middle-class. we want to grow the middle-class by shifting the cost of, a growing economy that creates middle-class parents can't afford to. >> to grow our middle-class, new opportunities for the middle-class for who are willing to climb them. this kind of prosperity, broad, shared, built on...
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valentine's day about her growing family and share this had picture of the proud mom and dad, mary and craig romney. congratulations to them. >>> most wives might expect their husbands to surprise them on valentine's day, this woman turned the tables by hiring a singing telegram to serenade her hubby where he works, the dmv in kansas. ♪ >> all righty then. too much caffeine? that's phil harmonic, belting out "kiss from a rose" bringing out laughter there from the dmv for the first time in history. >> i want to go to that dmv. there's nobody there. >> that line is great. >> what is that? is it closed? >> if you need to have your driver's license renewed, you know where to go. >> pleasant-looking dmv. >> clean, wide open, bright windows. >> a man in a red suit serenading you. >> i call it heaven! anyway, let's show you what we've got as far as your weather is concerned. threat of some northeastern snow as the low pressure system comes across, transfers energy to a system off the coast. we think it's going to stay well enough off the coast to just cause a glancing blow. however, there is some uncert
valentine's day about her growing family and share this had picture of the proud mom and dad, mary and craig romney. congratulations to them. >>> most wives might expect their husbands to surprise them on valentine's day, this woman turned the tables by hiring a singing telegram to serenade her hubby where he works, the dmv in kansas. ♪ >> all righty then. too much caffeine? that's phil harmonic, belting out "kiss from a rose" bringing out laughter there from the dmv...